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Taking a bite out of frog tooth evolution: Amphibian group has lost teeth more than 20 times – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/frogs-have-lost-teeth-more-than-20-times/

Scientists have long known that frogs are oddballs when it comes to teeth. Some have tiny teeth on their upper jaws and the roof of their mouths while others sport fanglike structures. Some species are completely toothless. And only one frog, out of the more-than 7,000 species, has true teeth on bot
Their analysis of frogs’ amphibian relatives, the salamanders and obscure wormlike

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Inquiry Box: Florida’s Reptiles & Amphibians – For Educators

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/educators/inquiry-boxes/reptiles-amphibians/

Bring the Museum to your school! The Florida Museum currently offers five Inquiry Box outreach programs for use in the classroom. All activities are designed to integrate social studies, language arts, math and science in a unified learning experience. Suitable for: All ages but geared to K-3rd g
that make their home in Florida: crocodilians, snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders

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Evolution of Terrestrial Locomotion – Ichthyology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/terrestrial-locomotion-evolution-cave-angelfish/

At first glance, the Cave Angelfish, Cryptotora thamicola, doesn’t seem that different from other cave fishes. It’s blind, it lives in caves, and it only grows to about an inch and a half long at adulthood. You certainly wouldn’t expect it to be able to climb up waterfalls. How does this small pi
How does this small pinkish fish manage to walk on land the same way that salamanders

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Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians known as caecilians found in South Florida canal – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/caecilians-found-in-south-florida/

Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S. Florida Museum of Natural History scientists used DNA testing to identify the specimen as the Rio Ca
snakes, they comprise a separate order of amphibians, distinct from frogs, toads, salamanders

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Florida Frog Calls – Discover Herpetology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-herps/florida-frog-calls/

Standing outside at night anywhere in rural Florida means you’re likely hearing frogs calling. Some species are comfortable in urban areas as well. If you learn to pick out the species of frogs (and toads), you can quickly know a lot about the habitat, the season and even the individual’s persona
Florida Amphibians + Reptiles Checklist Crocodilians Frogs & Toads Lizards Salamanders

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Migratory birds bumped off schedule as climate change shifts spring – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/birds-bumped-by-climate-change/

New research shows climate change is altering the delicate seasonal clock that North American migratory songbirds rely on to successfully mate and raise healthy offspring, setting in motion a domino effect that could threaten the survival of many familiar backyard bird species. A growing shift in
“It’s much easier for them to move in response to climate conditions than salamanders

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Frogs were Florida’s first-known vertebrates from the Caribbean – Research News

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Deep in the forests of Haiti lives the blue-eyed La Hotte glanded frog (Eleutherodactylus glandulifer), which once went 20 years without being observed by scientists. It belongs to a diverse genus from the Caribbean that also includes the much more common coquí frog (Eleutherodactylus coquí), a cult
Fossil evidence indicates there were rodents and salamanders that made the reverse

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